It's honestly like a humiliating and unnecessary process. 'But for my son, I have to go to the embassy. 'When we're going to Korea, my daughter just sails through,' said Samarajiva. The Sri Lankan passport is in the bottom 10 per cent internationally when it comes to visa-free travel, according to the Henley Passport Index. That meant all his son had was his Sri Lankan citizenship to enter South Korea. His son is eligible for a British citizenship, but they haven't done the paperwork just yet. His daughter has a British passport, inherited through Samarajiva's wife. When Samarajiva decided to visit South Korea, along with his wife, son and daughter, he quickly ran into roadblocks. With access to 183 countries visa-free, Samarajiva was rarely concerned about access to other nations, until he had children. Indi Samarajiva, a writer based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, was born in Canada, and has a Canadian passport to boot. Indi Samarajiva is a Canadian-born, American-raised Sri Lankan writer living in Colombo, Sri Lanka. For decades, the island nation, along with many other developing nations, have had to jump over hurdles to leave their country. citizens are feeling like they've suddenly lost access to most of the world, they should probably talk to citizens of countries like Sri Lanka. Travel limitations in the rest of the world residents have caught COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and by mid-July, the disease killed more than 138,000 people, according to the New York Times. border would remain closed to non-essential travel for another month. residents be banned from entry to any member-states. On July 18, the European Union renewed its recommendation that U.S. That number drops if you exclude countries that require a two-week quarantine, such as the the United Kingdom or South Korea. No big questions - just business or pleasure?īut with the onset of COVID-19, Americans are limited to just 28 countries, mostly in the Caribbean and Eastern Europe. With an American passport in your bag, you could arrive at the doors of 185 countries and get visa-free entry. Americans used to have one of the most prized passports in the world, considered a golden ticket to wealth, travel and opportunity.

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